News on Mototola's crazy high-end Aura cellphone surfaced
last week »10/27/08 5:08am 10/27/08 5:08am, and over at they've actually managed to get a hold of a pre-production example and given it a good playing-with. And as the gallery confirms, the round-screened phone really does seem to impress with its shiny looks, whizzy screensavers and clocks,…

Love it or hate it, you have to respect Motorola for loosening the reins of design and announcing the premium Aura handset. (
UPDATE: we knew it created déjà vu for some reason! »10/21/08 12:30pm 10/21/08 12:30pm) Inspired by high end watches, the phone's switch blade design alone is driven by over 200 parts—130 of them ball bearings used to open the…